New National Program: What's Out There - Garden Dialogues

New National Program: What's Out There - Garden Dialogues
Exclusive Access to Private Gardens, their Landscape Architects & Owners - From Classical to Modernist & Contemporary - Over Three Weekends in April, June & July 2012

Hear from the landscape architects & their clients about what makes a great garden

Washington, DC (March 27, 2012) - What's Out There Garden Dialogues, a new national program created by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) and taking place in April, June and July 2012, offers exclusive access for small groups to experience some of today's most beautiful gardens created by some of the most accomplished designers currently in practice; and, opportunities to learn about the creative process from the designers and their clients. Garden Dialogues will provide a distinct look at gardens and enable participants to hear firsthand about the collaborative process that led to the creation of each garden. Space is limited and each Garden Dialogue is $35.00. Seibert & Rice Fine Italian Terra Cotta is the national sponsor of Garden Dialogues, and Garden Design magazine is the program's national media partner.

The Garden Dialogues will be relaxed and leisurely in nature and intimate in scale. The landscape architects and their respective clients will discuss each garden's inspiration, evolution, and challenges; how did each balance artistry and practicality? What unforeseen problems did they encounter and how did that affect the outcome? What makes for a successful collaboration? What did each learn in this shared creative process? How do they envision the garden's future?

April 14-15 Garden Dialogues in Southern California (Register today):
• Brentwood - Bonhill Residence: Pamela Burton and Company - This contemporary garden functions as a series of lush and green outdoor rooms, which have evolved over time to become a sculpture garden with works by such masters as Richard Long and Richard Serra.
• Del Mar Residence: Martin Poirier, Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects with James Johnson, Architect - This house and garden collaboration is a complete transformation, from nondescript Spanish house and disjointed landscape into a modern sanctuary with ocean views where building and landscape seamlessly merge.
• Los Angeles - Kun House 2: Lisa Gimmy Landscape Architecture - When a landslide threatened Richard Neutra's Kun 2, the owner used the opportunity to create a richly colored and textured garden that offers a fresh take on the house's iconic modernism while solving environmental concerns.

April 15 Garden Dialogues in Atlanta (Register today):
• Mr. and Mrs. Don Childress Residence: Edward L. Daugherty Landscape Architect - This ten-acre Buckhead property, with a distant view of the city, cleverly blends with the surrounding forest of the Chattahoochee National Park. It features native plants and a modern use of stone, wood and steel.
• William E. Mitchell House + Charles C. Case House: John Howard, Howard Design Studio, with Keith Summerour, Summerour & Associates Architects - Explore the exquisite classical landscapes of these two stately homes and gardens, from the Front Motor Court Garden, to a Hydrangea Garden, formal Boxwood Garden, Woodland Garden and more.
• Watson-Brown Foundation/Goodrum House: Spencer Tunnell, Tunnell + Tunnell Landscape Architecture - This remarkable English Regency house and garden, designed by Philip Shutze in 1932, is currently being restored, complete with Italian Theater Garden, the Serpentine Wall Garden, and Dogwood Allée.

Detailed Schedule for July 14-15: Connecticut, Indianapolis, Maine, Newport, Portland (OR), Seattle - NOTE: All sites and other details to be announced soon.

What's Out There Garden Dialogues is a new program derived from the What's Out There database of America's designed landscapes. The free, searchable, beautifully illustrated online database spans more than 350 years of American park, open space and garden design and features more than 1200 entries, with new sites added almost daily.

About The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF)The Cultural Landscape Foundation provides people with the ability to see, understand and value landscape architecture and its practitioners, in the way many people have learned to do with buildings and their designers. Through its Web site, lectures, outreach and publishing, TCLF broadens the support and understanding for cultural landscapes nationwide to help safeguard our priceless heritage for future generations.